Sami Khedira

Sami Khedira
Khedira with Germany in 2018
Personal information
Full name Sami Khedira
Date of birth (1987-04-04) 4 April 1987 (age 39)
Place of birth Stuttgart, West Germany
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Central midfielder
Youth career
1992–1995 TV Oeffingen
1995–2004 VfB Stuttgart
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2006 VfB Stuttgart II 21 (1)
2006–2010 VfB Stuttgart 98 (14)
2010–2015 Real Madrid 102 (6)
2015–2021 Juventus 99 (21)
2021 Hertha BSC 9 (0)
Total 329 (42)
International career‡
2003–2004 Germany U17 10 (2)
2007–2009 Germany U21 15 (5)
2009–2018 Germany 77 (7)
Medal record
Representing  Germany
FIFA World Cup
Winner2014 Brazil
Third place2010 South Africa
UEFA European Championship
Bronze medal – third place2012 Poland-Ukraine
UEFA European Under-21 Championship
Winner2009 Sweden
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 May 2021
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 June 2018

Sami Khedira (Arabic: سامي خضيرة; born 4 April 1987) is a German former football player. He was known for his aerial ability, his ability to recover the ball and quickly join the team attack with his powerful shooting.

Khedira was born in Stuttgart to a German mother and Tunisian father.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 22 May 2021
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Continental Other TotalRef.
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
VfB Stuttgart II 2004–05 Regionalliga Süd 50— — —50
2005–06 Regionalliga Süd 70 — — —70
2006–07 Regionalliga Süd 91 — — —91
Total 2110 0 0 0 0 0211—
VfB Stuttgart 2006–07 Bundesliga 22440— —264
2007–08 Bundesliga 241405010341
2008–09 Bundesliga 2772081—378
2009–10 Bundesliga 2522180 —353
Total 98141212111013216—
Real Madrid 2010–11 La Liga 2507080—400
2011–12 La Liga 282418120424
2012–13 La Liga 2536111020444
2013–14 La Liga 1310050—181
2014–15 La Liga 110302010170
Total 1026202341501619—
Juventus 2015–16 Serie A 205104000255
2016–17 Serie A 3153011010465
2017–18 Serie A 269408010399
2018–19 Serie A 102204010172
2019–20 Serie A 120105000180
2020–21 Serie A 0000000000
Total 99211103203014521—
Hertha BSC 2020–21 Bundesliga 90— — —90
Career total 329424338729046847—

International

As of match played 27 June 2018
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Germany
200910
2010161
201170
2012121
201382
201491
201540
2016122
201730
201850
Total777
As of match played 27 June 2018. Scores and results list Germany's goal tally first.
List of international goals scored by Sami Khedira
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
110 July 2010Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth, South Africa Uruguay3–23–22010 FIFA World Cup
222 June 2012Stadion Energa Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Poland Greece2–14–2UEFA Euro 2012
36 February 2013Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France France2–12–1Friendly
411 October 2013RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne,Germany Republic of Ireland1–03–02014 FIFA World Cup qualification
526 June 2014Mineirão, Belo Horizonte, Brazil Brazil5–07–12014 FIFA World Cup
611 October 2016HDI Arena, Hanover, Germany Northern Ireland2–02–02018 FIFA World Cup qualification
711 November 2016San Marino Stadium, Serravalle, San Marino San Marino1–08–0

Honours

Khedira celebrates winning the Bundesliga with VfB Stuttgart in 2007.

VfB Stuttgart

Real Madrid

Juventus

Germany U21

Germany

Individual

Orders

References

  1. ↑ "Acta del Partido celebrado el 07 de marzo de 2015, en Bilbao" [Minutes of the Match held on 7 March 2015, in Bilbao] (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. Archived from the original on 5 June 2022. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
  2. ↑ "FIFA World Cup Russia 2018: List of Players: Germany" (PDF). FIFA. 15 July 2018. p. 12. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 December 2019.
  3. ↑ "Sami Khedira" (in Italian). Juventus F.C. Archived from the original on 10 October 2018.
  4. ↑ "Khedira, Sami" (in German). kicker. Retrieved 22 March 2014.
  5. ↑ "Khedira, Sami" (in German). kicker. Retrieved 22 March 2014.
  6. 1 2 "Khedira, Sami" (in German). kicker. Retrieved 22 March 2014.
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  8. ↑ "Sami Khedira" (in German). Fussballdaten.de. Retrieved 22 March 2014.
  9. ↑ "Khedira, Sami" (in German). kicker. Retrieved 22 March 2014.
  10. ↑ "Sami Khedira" (in German). Fussballdaten. Retrieved 22 March 2014.
  11. ↑ "Khedira, Sami" (in German). kicker. Retrieved 22 March 2014.
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  13. 1 2 "Sami Khedira". NFT. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
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  15. ↑ "Sami Khedira" (in German). fussballdaten.de. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
  16. ↑ "Der Traum ist wahr: Real gewinnt "La Décima"" (in German). kicker.de. 24 May 2014. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
  17. ↑ "Final: Germany 4–0 England: Line-ups". UEFA. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
  18. ↑ "Match report: Germany – Argentina". FIFA. Archived from the original on 17 August 2019.
  19. ↑ "Ten Spain players in Team of the Tournament". UEFA.com. 2 July 2012. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
  20. ↑ "Khedira mit Verdienstorden geehrt" (in German). sport1.de. 31 July 2016. Retrieved 3 August 2016.